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High school seniors can sign up for TN Promise at Roane State today

Posted at 8:09 am October 20, 2014
By Roane State Community College Leave a Comment

Tennessee Promise LogoHigh school seniors can sign up for the Tennessee Promise and fill out their college application on Monday, October 20, at Roane State Community College’s Oak Ridge campus at 701 Briarcliff Avenue.

The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in Room 107 in the Goff Health Sciences and Technology Building.

The event is designed to encourage students to enroll in Tennessee Promise, the state’s new program that provides two years of community college or technical school tuition-free for any student graduating from a Tennessee high school.

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The deadline to apply for the Tennessee Promise is November 1.

The class of 2015 will be the first eligible to take advantage of the program, which is part of the Drive to 55 initiative to increase the number of Tennesseans with some form of post-secondary credential. To learn more, visit roanestate.edu/tnpromise.

For more information, please contact Karry Hamby at [email protected] or (865) 882-4555.

Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News Tagged With: college application, community college, Drive to 55, Goff Health Sciences and Technology Building, high school seniors, Karry Hamby, Oak Ridge, Roane State Community College, technical school, Tennessee Promise, tuition

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